Selena Gomez August 2012: Singer spotted kissing a new guy ...

Selena Gomez was pictured sharing a kiss with her co star Nat Wolff on the set of her upcoming flick, "Parental Guidance" in Sherman Oaks, California on Friday afternoon (August 10, 2012). The 20-year-old actress was held in a passionate embrace by the handsome actor when they shot PDA-packed scenes.

Former Disney darling Selena was dolled up in a teenie-bopper candy-striper dress for her role as Nina which helped show off her slender legs. She was pretty in pink in the lip-lock scene. ?Wizards of Waverly Place? star Selena Gomez completed her look with bright white sneakers. Meanwhile, her 17-year-old co-star Nat Wolff dressed more casually. Nat wore a blue V-neck t-shirt and jeans, looking so handsome. The nice on-screen couple were adorable while filming romantic scenes together.

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Selena Gomez and her handsome male co-star Nat Wolff on the set of "Parental Guidance" in Sherman Oaks, California on Friday afternoon (August 10, 2012).

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The on screen pair are seen in a sweet and passionate kiss while filming a romantic scene for ?Parental Guidance.? The young Latina looks younger in a short pink dress over a white blouse and bright white sneakers while Nat Wolff dresses casually in jeans and a blue t-shirt.

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To date, Justin Bieber's girlfriend Selena Gomez has wrapped up three films namely, "Hotel Transylvania," "Spring Breakers," and "The Getaway." However, she still has other projects lined up of which include the film adaptation of "Thirteen reasons why" and "Feed the Dogs."

While "Parental Guidance? is Nat Wolff's biggest film debut to date, it is not the only thing taking up his co-star Gomez?s time. The young Latina is now working hard not only on the movie but also on two upcoming albums set for a 2013 release. All these efforts are of course paying off for Selena Gomez. The brunette beauty is up for the award for "Best Female Video" in the Video Music Awards Nomination where she'll face off against Rihanna, Katy Perry, Beyonce and Nicki Minaj.

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"Parental Guidance," which is directed by Tim Garrick and features Dylan McDermott and Cary Elwes, is not the only thing taking up Selena's time. The 20-year old star is also busy working on two upcoming albums set for a 2013 release now.

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Forbes just released its list of Social Networking Superstars and Selena Gomez came at the #10 spot with 33 million Facebook friends and 12.3 million Twitter followers while her boyfriend Justin Bieber ranked No. 4 with 26 million beliebers on Twitter.

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15 technologies of today we'll still use in 2030

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Back when I was growing up in the 1970s, we fully expected that, by 2012, we?d all be driving flying cars to our condos on the moon where robotic butlers awaited, ready to bring us the cure for cancer from the bathroom first-aid kit.

How?s all of that working out? Sure, we now have faster, smaller computers, smartphones that talk back to you?and smart TVs, but in so many areas of technology the pace of change is slower than Windows Vista booting off a floppy disk.

A few months ago, I wrote an article about 15 technologies that will be gone by the time my infant son is old enough to use them. However, barring a zombie apocalypse, there are plenty of mainstays that my son will still be using when he enters college in 2030.

QWERTY keyboards
Though voice recognition, handwriting recognition and gesture control will all become more accurate and popular in the next two decades, my son will be typing his term papers like his dad and grandfather did before him. Until mind-control text entry becomes ubiquitous, typing will remain the most accurate method for composing and editing text. We just don?t speak the same way that we write.

Though physical keyboards are in danger of becoming extinct on phones and tablets, their virtual equivalents will live on. On larger form factors like notebooks, the feel of real plastic keys will not be surpassed. Whether virtual or real, the QWERTY layout, which first appeared in 1878, will continue to dominate.

Read?More:?5 Things to Look For in Your Next Notebook Keyboard

PCs
Some say we?re entering the post-PC era, but I couldn?t disagree more. Sure, people are spending more time on their smartphones and tablets than their traditional Windows or Mac OS-based desktops and notebooks. But when it?s time to do real work, particularly if that work involves multitasking, the PC is still king and always will be.

By 2030, the size and shape of PCs may change. Some may even argue that, with their speedy quad and dual-core CPUs, phones and tablets are becoming PCs. But whatever the form factor, productivity-oriented users will need primary computers with plenty of dedicated processing power and a multitasking friendly OS.

Read More:? 8 Reasons the PC Still Matters

USB ports
More than 15 years after it was first introduced, we can?t imagine life without USB, a nearly ubiquitous standard that allows you to transfer data and power to everything from your keyboard to your external hard drive and monitor. Some believe that competing standards like Intel?s high-speed Thunderbolt connection will win out, but they just don?t have the install-base to overcome USB, and history is against them.

Over the past two decades, many have tried to put USB out of business, but the bargain bins at computer shows are filled with pretender adapters like FireWire 400 and eSATAp. With nearly every mobile device using USB as a charging standard and USB ports even being built into wall sockets, this standard is only going to grow in the years ahead.

My son may be using USB 7 when he?s in college, but he?ll be using USB to charge his gadgets and connect peripherals. In fact, with advances in power over USB, he may even use a USB port to power his notebook and his big- screen monitor.

Read More:?USB 3.0 Storage Drives Compared

Local storage
With cloud services becoming more prominent and broadband getting faster, many people believe that in the future, we?ll be keeping all of our files online. They?re wrong. In college, my son will be storing all his most important data, including his applications, on a local solid state drive (which will use something better than NAND flash).

Even when most of us have 1000 Mbps broadband, local storage will always be faster and more secure than a remote drive on someone else?s network. If you want to run large programs like games or professional-grade video-editing apps, you?ll want them on your PC?s storage drive. Also, even in 2030, there will be plenty of places where Internet access will be unavailable or unreliable.

Read More:?What's the Best SSD? 5 Drives Tested

JPEG files
Even as bandwidth, processing power and storage capacity increase, we cling to a lot of the same file formats we used back in the early 1990s, because they?re standards. Though high-end DSLRs can generate uncompressed RAW images, most devices shoot photos in JPG format, simply because everything supports JPG, from grandpa?s old Netscape 3 browser that he refuses to update to mom?s brand-spanking-new digital picture frame.

In 2030, my son will still be shooting photos in jpg format, viewing JPGs on websites in his browser and uploading JPG files to his social media accounts, which may or may not be the same services we use today.

Read More:?4 Great Photography Apps for Tablets

Lithium-ion batteries
In 2030, just as today, nearly all of my son?s gadgets from his smartphone to his laptop and his electric or hybrid car will be powered by lithium-ion batteries. Over the years, the energy density of the batteries will increase to fit more mAH into a smaller space and the cell life will improve to several thousand charge cycles.

A number of promising new battery chemistries like lithium-air and nanowire are under development, but if these technologies pan out, they won?t hit the mass market for many years. After all, lithium-ion batteries didn?t go mainstream until the late 1990s, even though scientists began developing them in the 1970s.

Read More:?Battery Tips for Every OS

HTML-based websites
By the time my infant son enters his freshmen year of?college, we will have long since stopped dividing websites up into ?pages,? because dynamic content refreshes will have eliminated the need to load an entirely new URL for each screen of content you interact with online. However, HTML, which has been the lingua franca of the Web since 1991, will remain the format we use to build the online applications and publications of the future.My son will be coding his freshmen year programming project in HTML 8 and doing all his research on a World Wide Web programmed in some form of the language.

Read More:?What is HTML 5?

Cash
There?s some debate about whether plastic credit and debit cards will be totally replaced by mobile payment systems in the next few years. However, there?s no doubt that, in 2030, my son will carry a wallet with cash in it, because we?ll still be using paper and metal money well into the future.

In the information age, paying by cash is the best way to keep your purchases anonymous. Aside from simply preserving your privacy, paper money is a great shield against identity theft, because the payee doesn?t even get your name, let alone an account number. The government would probably love to end the use of cash, because it allows payees to keep illegal transactions off the books, but paper money is the only form of payment that doesn?t require a third party like a bank to get involved.

Read More:?Tech to Watch 2012: NFC Goes Beyond Digital Wallets

Clamshell-shaped notebooks
It?s unlikely that my infant son will have a desktop PC in his college dorm, but he will have a clamshell-shaped notebook. Even if most PCs eventually have screens that pop off to become tablets, or keyboards that attach as covers as on the Microsoft Surface, the utility of a design where the keyboard sits perpendicular to the display and then snaps closed will remain unmatched.

In a recent article, Time?s Harry McCracken writes about the history of the clamshell form factor that originated with 1982?s Grid Compass 1101: "It?s hard to imagine any design rendering the clamshell utterly obsolete. No matter how astonishing computers are in 2082 and beyond, I?ll bet that some of them will have a screen, a keyboard and a hinge in the middle. Why would the world want to give up something so fundamentally useful?"

Read More:?Top 10 Notebooks Available Now

Wi-Fi
Since 1997, the 802.11 standard has dominated wireless connectivity. Every smartphone, tablet and notebook comes with an 802.11g or 802.11n compatible radio built-in, and every home and business has a router that supports both of those standards.

Today, we use Wi-Fi to stream video from our notebooks/tablets/phones to our home theaters via DLNA, WiDi or even the upcoming Miracast standard. We even have Wi-Fi Direct now, which allows sharing files directly between devices, without the use of a router.

There?s no doubt my son will have some form of 802.11-based Wi-Fi in his college campus, at home and in the dorm. Even as most users get their Internet via some form of cellular connection like LTE Super Advanced, there will be an increased need to share connections and local data via Wi-Fi.

Read More:?7 Ways to Improve Your Wireless Router

Email
With the popularity of Facebook, Skype, Google instant messenger and Twitter, some think that email is about to be replaced by other forms of messaging. However, when my son receives his college acceptance letters in the spring of 2030, he?ll be getting them via the same old email system we?ve used in more or less the same format since the 1970s.

Whether it?s via POP, IMAP, Exchange or some other protocol, email is an open system where anyone can email anyone else, without having to sign up for an account with a particular company. Can you imagine a future where you have to sign up for Facebook to message one of your clients and Google to contact your congressman?

Read More:?Outlook.com Hands-on: Microsoft's Gmail and Clutter Killer

3.5mm audio jacks
As I write this list, I?m grooving to my music playlist on a pair of headphones connected to my smartphone via a 3.5mm audio jack. My son may not listen to Barnes and Barnes? ?Fish Heads? in a loop for three hours like his dad, but he will still be using 3.5mm audio jacks when he?s in college.

Despite the advent of wireless Bluetooth headphones and convenient USB headsets, almost every notebook, tablet, media player and phone has at least one 3.5mm jack. There?s just too much invested in backward compatibility with 3.5mm headphones for a big change to occur in the next two decades.

Read More:?Hip-Hop Headphones Reviewed

Laser printers
Though printer technology changed rapidly over the first two decades of the PC era, we?ve now settled on two standards: ink jet and laser. Since color laser is clearly superior and is close to achieving price parity with ink jet, laser will be the way everyone prints in 2030.

Of course, by the time my son is in college, a lot of people won?t even own printers because everything, from your showing the TSA your airline boarding pass to handing in your term paper, will happen digitally. However, for those that still need to output on paper, laser printers will be the standard.

Read More:?Latest Printer Reviews

TVs
When my son enters college in 2030, fewer people will have cable and all viewing will occur on demand. However, the dedicated TV set will continue to function as the center of a shared viewing experience in the living room and other communal spaces. Functionally, there may be few differences between the smart TV of the future and a large external monitor, but users will still want a screen that?s specifically designed for the home theater.

My son may not have a TV in his dorm room, because he?ll be able to watch whatever he wants on his mobile devices, but there will be a large TV in the common room where he and his classmates can watch the game together.

Read More:?What is a Smart TV?

Microsoft Office
After a nuclear war, only two things will survive: cockroaches and Microsoft Office. Since it overtook competing products from Lotus and WordPerfect in the 1990s, Microsoft?s productivity suite has dominated the business and academic worlds. While you can use Office-compatible products like OpenOffice.org and Google Docs for free, the authentic Office remains the standard for IT departments, institutions and home users everywhere.

My son may be using ?Microsoft Tiles 8? as his OS in 2030, but he?ll still be typing up his papers in some version of Office, as will most of his fellow students, his teachers and the boss at his internship.

Read More:?Microsoft Office 2013 Preview: More Cloud, More Social, So-So Touch

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Breaking Links (Avengers 2, Game Consoles, and More!)

Aside from the fact that I still have a horrible wracking cough (sounds awful, but actually isn?t all that bad), this has been a pretty cool week. Found out a lot of wonderful things about a lot of wonderful people, so I?m feeling the love and wanting to share!

Come closer! I must hug you!

Oh well. Guess I?ll have to give you links instead.

1. In dibs! news, Ouya is a kickstarter funded woman-created gaming console that?s going to retail for just $99! Seeking to unite the worlds of casual gamers and more hardcore console jockeys, Ouya has an Android-based operating system, and looks like it?s going to be a pretty big step forward for the industry. Or, if not that, then at least pretty cool. Check out the specs here, and a fun new game you should totally be playing here. 2. In squeeeeeee news, Joss Whedon has been confirmed as the writer-director of Avengers 2, which should put all of our nervous hearts at ease. He?s kind of a little bit good at this. It?s also pretty cool to think that prior to Avengers he?d never directed a hit movie, and now they?re giving him another one! He?s also contracted to help Marvel develop some TV shows, and I just want to say that I am pumped. Check out the full story here. 3. In urgh-you?re-a-good-person news, Misha Collins from Supernatural has long been a celeb-crush of mine. Or rather, a celeb-friend-crush. I mostly just want to get some tea and pick his brain. Anyway, a few years ago he started a non-profit with his Twitter followers called Random Acts. They just completed their second trip down to Haiti to help build new structures for towns devastated by the earthquake a few years back. Click here to read more about the trip and find out more about how you can help! It?s pretty cool.

4. In yes-more-Game-of-Thrones-jokes news, the good folks over at Cracked! have made a really funny video about the psychological effects of watching Game of Thrones, especially if you play the companion game, Game of Thrones: The Game (of Thrones). It?s funny. Trust me.


5. In best-kind-of-progress, Garry Trudeau?s Doonesbury will be hitting an important turning point soon. The main character of the daily strip (which is one of my faves) will be shifting from Michael Doonesbury to his daughter, Alex. It?s a pretty cool announcement, especially given that this is really the first time anything like this has happened. Check out the full story here, and if you aren?t, you should read Doonesbury. True facts.


6. In yes-two-videos news, I don?t actually have a lot to say about this video except to explain that as we contemplate the pictures Curiosity is sending back from Mars, it?s good to get a larger perspective on our cosmos. And I suggest that we all do it by watching this awesome time lapse vid of the night sky. Seriously, pop on some Enya and just chill to this.

Well, that?s it for this week! Tune in tomorrow at 6pm PDT for Crossover Appeal (you can find us on Facebook and Google+), and we?ll be back on Monday.

If you feel like there?s anything we missed, or you want to promote your own stuff, do it in the links below!

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7 Apps You Don't Want To Miss

WedPics

A new app called WedPics crowdsources your wedding album. Available for iPhone and Android, the app has your wedding guests snap photos of your big day, contributing those photos to one epic album that everyone can view, download, and comment on.

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It can be tough to keep up with all the new apps released every week. But you?re in luck -- We take care of that for you, creating a roundup each weekend of our favorite new and updated apps.

[More from Mashable: Top 10 Twitter Pics of the Week]

This week, we found an app that measures your heart rate by looking at it, one that helps crowdsource your wedding album with guests, and another that lets you crowdsource your musical stylings by inviting potentially thousands of people around the world to sing along.

If you're someone who is always on the go, a new app will let you deposit checks into your bank account while you travel. Another creates temporary phone numbers to share with people you meet along the way, without having to give your real digits.

Looking for a deal? One app we found keeps track of all of your purchases, and emails you if they drop in price.

Still looking for more? Take a look at last week's Apps to Check Out, and tell us about your own app highlights from this week in the comments below.

This story originally published on Mashable here.

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Allahabad City Of Supreme Bliss

Touring is always rewarding affair. But if destination is religious place meaning becomes more meaningful. The Allahabad is such a place where respect of religion and modernity goes hand in hand. It is 135 km west of another very holy place Varanasi. Thousands of tourists are always inspired to visit Allahabad. Prayag is another name of this city where three sacred rivers Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati meets. Allahabad tours cover beautiful heritage structures, exquisitely- carved temples, immaculate forts and grand palaces which are the mainstay of the states attractions.

Famous sights of Allahabad are beyond city limits where several interesting places meant to be rediscover. Allahabad promises endearing scapes, lush green parks, ancient pilgrimages and simple delicate crafts. Sangam: This is the water spot where yellow muddy Ganges comes in contact with the clearer, deeper Yamuna. A row boat is famous activity here.

Akbars Fort & Temples: Akbar, the great Mughal Emperor in 1583 built this fort on the north bank of river Yamuna. It has huge walls with three gateways edged by massive towers.

Patalpuri Temple: This exquisitely-carved temple is with all sorts of idols.

Undying Banyan Tree: Outside Patalpuri Temple this tree is situated whose roots are visible beneath ground.

Hanuman Temple: In this temple devotees will find supine Hanuman statue which is hidden under the masses of flowers offered onto it by devotees.

Anand Bhavan: This quaint two-storey building is a shrine to the Nehru era,which has produced five generations of leading politicians. In 1942 Indira Gandhi was married here.

Khusru Bagh: This fascinating park is surrounded by a high wall and contains three large and ornate but contrasting Mughal tombs. One tomb is of eldest son of Emperor Jehangir who died in 1622. Second one is of Shah Begum, Jehangirs first wife.Third tomb is of Nesa Begum, Khusrus sister.

Allahabad Museum: This comprehensive museum comprises of archaeological and Nehru family items, modern paintings, miniatures and ancient sculputures.

Hotel in Allahabad is a decent choice to choose from budget to midrange and top end.There are so many to choose from like Hotel Prayag, Samrat hotel, Hotel Ramakrishna, Hotel Yatrik, hotel Milan, Grand Continental and more with exquisite details. For your food and dine tuck into sumptuous fare that convinces good food that tastes great too. Relish various types of cuisines such as Continental, Indian, Mughlai, and Chinese and enjoy dessert of all sorts simultaneously.

Many tour operators operate tour for all type of tourists to travel to another time and trace vignettes. People come to Allahabad not just for religious purpose but also for exploring Allahabad city and around places. These tours provide a fascinating window onto the traditional way.

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Armstrong doping case in federal court

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) ? Lance Armstrong's fight to block charges by U.S. anti-doping officials that the seven-time Tour de France champion used performance-enhancing drugs goes before a federal judge on Friday.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency accuses Armstrong of using steroids and blood boosters to win the Tour de France from 1999-2005, and leading a complex doping program on his teams. If found guilty, he faces a lifetime ban from the sport and could be stripped of his titles.

Armstrong denies doping and has sued to block the case. He argues USADA's investigation and arbitration process are unfair and violate his constitutional right to due process. Armstrong also claims the International Cycling Union, the sport's governing body, should have jurisdiction and the union has come to his defense.

Judge Sam Sparks will not rule on the evidence against Armstrong, but will consider his claims on due process and jurisdiction. USADA officials want Sparks to dismiss the lawsuit and allow their case to go forward.

If Armstrong's lawsuit is dismissed, he could appeal to the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court, take his case to arbitration under USADA rules or quit the fight and accept sanctions.

Armstrong had faced a Monday deadline to decide whether to take his case to arbitration, but USADA agreed to extend the deadline to Aug. 23 while his lawsuit is pending.

USADA, recognized by Congress as the official anti-doping agency for Olympic sports in the United States, insists it has jurisdiction under UCI rules, the U.S. Olympic Committee and the World Anti-Doping Agency. USADA and UCI filed court documents claiming jurisdiction up to late Thursday.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency charged Armstrong in June, about four months after a federal grand jury investigation of the cyclist ended four months earlier without any indictments.

Doping charges were also levied against five others associated with his teams during his Tour de France victories. Three cases are still pending and two doctors who worked with the teams have been issued lifetime bans.

USADA officials say they have up to 10 former Armstrong teammates and associates willing to testify against him, and blood samples from 2009-2010 that are "fully consistent" with doping.

Armstrong says he has undergone more than 500 drug tests without testing positive. Armstrong retired from cycling in 2011.

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Hawaii Senate race shaping up to be competitive

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2010 file photo, Rep. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii participates in Meet the Candidates Forum at Maunawili Elementary School in Kailua. It's a once-in-a-generation occurrence: a competitive U.S. Senate race in Hawaii. And that's exactly what may be shaping up as two Democrats, Rep. Mazie Hirono and former Rep. Ed Case, square off in a primary Saturday. They're seeking the chance to take on former two-term Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle in November. No matter which Democrat wins Saturday's primary, they'll face a tough fight from Lingle. The outcome could help determine the balance of power in Washington; Republicans need to gain four seats to take back control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Rebecca Breyer, File)

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2010 file photo, Rep. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii participates in Meet the Candidates Forum at Maunawili Elementary School in Kailua. It's a once-in-a-generation occurrence: a competitive U.S. Senate race in Hawaii. And that's exactly what may be shaping up as two Democrats, Rep. Mazie Hirono and former Rep. Ed Case, square off in a primary Saturday. They're seeking the chance to take on former two-term Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle in November. No matter which Democrat wins Saturday's primary, they'll face a tough fight from Lingle. The outcome could help determine the balance of power in Washington; Republicans need to gain four seats to take back control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Rebecca Breyer, File)

FILE - In this May 22, 2010 file photo, former Hawaii Rep. Ed Case holds a sign as he campaigns in Honolulu. It's a once-in-a-generation occurrence: a competitive U.S. Senate race in Hawaii. And that's exactly what may be shaping up as two Democrats, Rep. Mazie Hirono and former Rep. Ed Case, square off in a primary Saturday. They're seeking the chance to take on former two-term Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle in November. No matter which Democrat wins Saturday's primary, they'll face a tough fight from Lingle. The outcome could help determine the balance of power in Washington; Republicans need to gain four seats to take back control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2010 file photo, then-Hawaii Republican Gov. Linda Lingle is seen in her office at the Hawaii State Capital in Honolulu. It's a once-in-a-generation occurrence: a competitive U.S. Senate race in Hawaii. And that's exactly what may be shaping up as two Democrats, Rep. Mazie Hirono and former Rep. Ed Case, square off in a primary Saturday. They're seeking the chance to take on former two-term Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle in November. No matter which Democrat wins Saturday's primary, they'll face a tough fight from Lingle. The outcome could help determine the balance of power in Washington; Republicans need to gain four seats to take back control of the Senate. (AP Photo/Marco Garcia, File)

(AP) ? It's a once-in-a-generation occurrence: A competitive U.S. Senate race in Hawaii.

That's exactly what may be shaping up as two Democrats, Rep. Mazie Hirono and former Rep. Ed Case, square off in a primary Saturday for the chance to take on former Gov. Linda Lingle, the likely Republican Senate nominee.

Hawaii Senate races typically aren't very competitive because it's a solidly Democratic state with a history of letting incumbents keep their jobs. This contest is the first since 1976 without an incumbent running, and whoever wins will become just the sixth senator in the state's 53-year history, replacing retiring Democratic Sen. Daniel Akaka.

The outcome could also help determine the balance of power in Congress. Republicans need to pick up four seats to regain control of the Senate.

Lingle has four primary opponents, but she was expected to easily defeat them on Saturday and the put up a strong fight for the Senate seat. The 59-year-old is well-known after eight years as governor. While the state firmly backed its native son, Democrat Barack Obama, for president in 2008 and is certain to do so again, independents make up roughly one-third of the electorate and there's no telling how they'll vote in November.

"This is a winnable race," insists Lingle, who grew up in Jewish family of Democrats but declared herself Republican when she first ran for Maui City Council more than 30 years ago.

She'll need to cobble together a broad coalition of voters across the political spectrum to win, and do it with Obama at the top of the ticket. Obama, a Democrat, got two-thirds of the vote here four years ago.

While Lingle has twice won statewide, those victories came in years with no presidential race, though Democrats in other races did well in Hawaii then, too. She's also fighting against history: Hawaii hasn't had a Republican senator since Hiram Fong, one of the state's original senators.

Still, the former governor has advantages: She's raised $4.4 million so far and had $2 million in available cash as of late July, with more money raised and on hand than Hirono and Case combined.

Just one of Lingle's Republican challengers has raised any money, less than $34,000 in all.

Democrats acknowledge the race will be far from a shoo-in for them ? regardless of who wins on Saturday.

The Democratic primary features a re-match of sorts between Hirono, 64, who came to the United States from Japan at age 8, and Case, 59, who was born on the Big Island and traces his Hawaii roots to 1896, when his great-grandparents moved to Honolulu from Kansas.

Hirono, the first Asian immigrant to serve in Congress, beat Case in a Democratic primary for Hawaii governor in 2002, then lost in the general election to Lingle, who served for eight years.

A poll released last month by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, four days before early voting began, found Case trailing Hirono by double-digits. It also said Lingle would be an underdog to either Democrat.

All three candidates are emphasizing independence, moderate views and bipartisanship as they don special leis, "talk story" with Hawaii locals and skip among the Pacific archipelago's islands to drum up votes.

"Nobody asks me: 'Are you a liberal?'" Hirono says. "They say, 'How can you help me?' How can we work together? That's how I proceed." She underscored that image in an ad featuring her with Rep. Don Young, an Alaska Republican.

Already looking to the general election in November, Hirono argues that Lingle's efforts to play up bipartisanship and play down her GOP ties are part of an "extreme makeover" that doesn't jibe with her time as governor.

Lingle takes issue with that characterization.

Case, for his part, has pitched himself as more moderate than Hirono and therefore a better bet to defeat Lingle. He said Hawaii has shown it doesn't have a problem voting for a homegrown Republican.

"National Republicans know full well that Hirono is not going to be able to earn the votes of that growing portion of the electorate," Case said. "They feel that that gives them an opportunity for a pickup."

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Oskar Garcia can be reached on Twitter at http://twitter.com/oskargarcia .

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Shawkl: Cuddlies...

Cuddlies...

I've been doing more embroidery lately...but now have to switch gears. Another family baby shower is coming up and I'll be doing a couple
of quick baby blankets for that.
My nieces asked for Minkie fabric. She didn't want blue...so I ordered a chocolate brown and mint green stripe paired with a paisley?poly?in the same colorway....
and a solid mint green...with lighter paisley print.
Have you ever worked with Minkie before? It is super, super soft...much more so than flannel. But, it is synthetic...and slippery as all get out to sew!
That's why I've been putting this "task" off until last minute!
And, here is the other "cuddly" in my house...my protector!


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